Sentence examples for as we tore from inspiring English sources

THE mud-crusted Ford Ranger kicked up dusty plumes as we tore up the gravel roads near Decorah, in northeastern Iowa.

My friend Nerma Jelačić and I were chased away from his mountain redoubt of Čelebići by a man bashing into our rear bumper as we tore down a winding and precipitous route back to town.

The man ignored me; the woman looked confused and said in what sounded like a Russian accent, "Do you want the cab or not?" "They weren't very nice," Bridgette commented as we tore up Madison.

He had me hold open a Chilton repair manual as we tore the brakes out of our old Ford Fairmont so I could learn to follow directions.

Immediately he brightens, and as we tear up the coast road in his sporty Audi, he tells me a series of amusing and scandalous stories about Vancouver.

In today's speech to students at London's City and Islington College he said he wanted people to get involved in "our very own Great Reform Act": "As we tear through the statute book, we'll do something no government ever has: we will ask you which laws you think should go".

Lance and Teddy describe precisely the same horrific vista: the monstrous autophagia of our domestic politic, our national spirit, a sight abhorrent and ghastly to behold, as we tear ourselves apart.

We're in a hurry and I know I can't devote that kind of attention to a pink floating nuclear warhead, so I lay down the law -- "No balloons this time" -- as we tear through the store grabbing everything we need for our barbecue tomorrow.

Start by making citizens so distrustful and dismissive of each other -- especially of those who are "different" in their political/religious/philosophical convictions or their sexual orientation/ethnicity/race -- that the power of "We the People" dissipates as we tear each other apart instead of confronting democracy's true enemies.

As we ran we tore off our shirts and waved them about to drive away the gas.

"This plan, unlike most, does not propose to tear down everything in sight; it suggests that we tear down as little as possible," Rudolph said, in a remark that, while true, was disingenuous, since he was hardly leaving the city alone.